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Apple's AirPods Pro hearing health features

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141 points elsewhen | 1 comments | 22 Oct 24 00:25 UTC | HN request time: 0.205s | source
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windex ◴[22 Oct 24 02:23 UTC] No.41910585[source]▶
Fragile and too expensive to replace often. The software updates that apple pushes on to them screws them up. Happened to my first set of airpods and swore off of them since then. The batteries are awful too.

My go to since then has been the one plus z2 headsets, brilliant call quality, great form factor, decent ANC, and fantastic battery.

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tptacek ◴[22 Oct 24 02:36 UTC] No.41910668[source]▶
Because everything I've ever heard about acquiring dedicated hearing aids has been about what a joy they are to purchase, maintain, and operate.
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1. analog31 ◴[22 Oct 24 02:53 UTC] No.41910755[source]▶
Just adding to this, for the general audience, hearing aids are thousands of dollars, and virtually all users describe the industry as a "racket." Features that improve their functionality, such as adapters for Bluetooth etc., are dedicated hardware modules with proprietary interfaces, and expensive too.

Also, everybody I know who has hearing aids eventually ends up getting them at Costco.